So I need something more to keep me from falling off the bandwagon because I keep getting that "I'll do it tomorrow" attitude and I'm definitely looking to change that. A training log sounds like just the thing.

Currently doing P90X. Starting over since I took like a week off when I went to mom's.Feeling especially wimpy in strength right now. 80% of pushups were on the knees, all pullups were with bands. Le sigh. Probably need more fuel. Going to use all the names that the P90X worksheet uses, since I don't know any other names for the exercises, lol.

today: ran 2 miles in 19 min. still sloooow! usually takes me like 25 minutes though, lol. planning on running a marathon in January, so definitely upping the speed along the rest of my workouts. Broke a really good sweat though, so all is good.

next: p90x stretch for ~1hr today. not a huge fan of the kempo dvd...I think I must be too uncoordinated to get those moves right. will be supplementing all skipped cardio exercises with running!

apple wrote:next: p90x stretch for ~1hr today. not a huge fan of the kempo dvd...I think I must be too uncoordinated to get those moves right. will be supplementing all skipped cardio exercises with running!

The Kenpo workout is as much about balance and coordination and flexibility as it is about cardio. I'd highly recommend struggling through it at least a few times. You'll see improvement pretty quickly. "Uncoordinated" just means those muscles aren't used to working in concert yet, but you can certainly train them!

blabbate wrote:The Kenpo workout is as much about balance and coordination and flexibility as it is about cardio. I'd highly recommend struggling through it at least a few times. You'll see improvement pretty quickly. "Uncoordinated" just means those muscles aren't used to working in concert yet, but you can certainly train them!

okaaaaay...I'll give it a go. haha notice the excitement? Probably will have to wait til thursday, though...I have to be at work for 11 hours tomorrow so I have little hope of working out.

I really hope to start doing some real pull ups soon and not pulling down the band. Will take that achievement as real progress when it happens. No running today...it was rainy and I'm a wimp unless it's warm and rainy.

Calculators put this at about 1750 calories, 64g protein, 341g carb, 26g fat. This is quite a lot for me but I'm trying to up my calories since I'm adding strength training to the mix. I wouldn't have been able to do this if my uncle hadn't taken me to the pita pit for lunch! Any suggestions on the diet? This is about 300 more calories than I can usually find in a day, so I'm open to suggestions from anyone.

Might want to up the protein a bit based on the P90X recommendations, but it's up to you. They want you on a high-protein diet to help pull off as much fat as possible at the beginning of the program. If you're already at a low bf%, you can get away with less, since this isn't really a heavy-lifting program.

The glutes are pretty sore today, as are whatever those muscles on your shoulders/back are, so instead of high intensity stuff I took a nice long walk today.

I need to concentrate on not getting too skinny, as I can now see my collarbone straight across from the top of my chest to the tips of my shoulders. So I'm making more of an effort to up my calories, specifically protein. The 80/10/10 thing is nice, but I'm practically to the underweight point right now, so it might have to go on hold.

I'm going to have a full bag of popcorn once I stop feeling so ingly full. Today will total approximately 1800 calories, at about a 70/20/10 ratio. Question: do you guys, when you're bulking, have to eat past the point of being comfortably full? I have such a hard time doing that, but if I don't, I swear I eat about 1400 calories a day.

Today I meant to just take a quick 3mi run and be done with it, but it was such a nice day out that I didn't want to stop once I got started! I ended up running 7.5 mi. 75 minutes...so 10 minute miles. I are good at math

blabbate wrote:Might want to up the protein a bit based on the P90X recommendations, but it's up to you. They want you on a high-protein diet to help pull off as much fat as possible at the beginning of the program. If you're already at a low bf%, you can get away with less, since this isn't really a heavy-lifting program.

And aren't chair salutations fun?

So I took your advice and flat out doubled my protein. Mostly with lentils and tvp! I noticed a HUGE difference in my recovery time already--after running 7.5 miles I was prepared for the entire day after being full of sore legs, especially considering that I was still sore from the legs/back workout when I went running. But my legs felt great yesterday! Thanks for the advice

So this morning I did the chest and back again, won't go into all the numbers. On the back flies and lawnmowers I upped the weight to 12# and did 10 reps. AND I tried doing some push ups without my knees on the floor I know. I did 5 reps that way and 10 reps on my knees for the first three, maybe four rounds of push ups. THEN I tried some real pull ups (not the band) and did about 1 in which I ACTUALLY could pull my whole chin above the bar, and then five where I aaalmost got it back up there. And then went to the band so that I could continue with the workout.

So, I'm definitely progressing!! Going out to run (probably just 4mi) before it gets any hotter. It's crazy humid outside today!